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MARBLE 


IN 

Semi-Public  Buildings 


Published  by 

The  National  Association  of  Marble  Dealers 
yti  Rockefeller  Building  • Cleveland,  Ohio 


Copyright  1918 


THOMSEnTeLUS  CO 


CONTENTS 


Impressing  the  Theater  Patron 

PAGE 

5 

Marble  in  Schools,  Colleges  and 
Dormitories 

to 

The  Religious  Structure  Demands 

Marble 

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Apartment  Dwellers  Appreciate 

Cultural  Surroundings 

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Marble  in  Hotels 

2.5 

Marble  in  Fraternal  Buildings 

30 

Representative  Marble  Installations. 

• 34 

The  beauty  of  marble  is  inimitable;  its  rich  colorings  and 
smooth  texture  are  unobtainable  in  any  other  structural 
medium. 


Semi-Public  Buildings 


MARBLE 


IN 


IMPRESSING  THE  THEATER 
PATRON 


IN  the  shadow  of  the  Acropolis,  imposing  even 
in  decay,  stands  the  Theater  of  Dionysus, 
magnificent  monument  to  drama  in  the  Golden 
Age  of  Greece. 

An  impressive  memorial 

Just  as  the  superb  writings  of  Sophocles,  /Eschy- 
lus,  Euripides,  and  Aristophanes  are  regarded  to- 
day as  the  loftiest  expression  of  literary  genius, 
so  is  the  nobly  proportioned  Greek  theater  one 
of  the  most  impressive  memorials  of  ancient 
architecture. 

The  Greeks  built  their  theaters  into  the  side  of  a 
hill,  so  that  each  receding  tier  of  seats  might  be 
raised  above  the  other.  Performances  were  given 
in  the  daytime,  of  course,  and  there  was  no  need 
of  illumination;  and  because  the  weather  in  Greece 


[5] 


Striking  in  color  and  texture. 


is  mild  and  largely  clear,  there  were  no  roofs. 

As  in  their  sculpture  and  other  great  architecture, 
the  Greeks  made  considerable  use  of  marble  in 
their  theaters.  The  first  few  rows  of  seats  were 
almost  always  of  this  material  and  were  reserved 
for  people  of  distinction. 

Romans  added  the  arch 

Roman  genius  for  construction  added  the  arch; 
and,  using  it  as  a support,  they  were  able  with 
the  aid  of  concrete  and  masonry  to  build  their 
theaters  wherever  best  suited  them,  absolutely  in- 


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dependent  of  hillsides  or  other  natural  aids.  With 
the  Romans,  of  course,  the  theater  became  very 
lavish  in  its  luxurious  equipment.  Elaborate 
decorations  and  embellishments  were  added,  gold 
and  marble  being  resorted  to  freely,  as  well  as 
line  textiles;  and  it  is  interesting  to  recall  that 
they  employed  a cooling  system  in  effect  not  un- 
like present-day  refrigeration  in  our  own  amuse- 
ment palaces. 

The  achievements  of  the  ancients,  and  the  laws  of 
beauty  and  proportion  they  discovered,  have  by 
no  means  been  lost  in  the  sometimes  deplorable 
fads  and  fancies  of  modern  life. 


Marble  adds  richness  and  tone. 


[7] 


MARBLE  IN  SEMI-PUBLIC  BUILDINGS 


Very  reasonable  in  price 
Marble,  the  es- 
teemed building 
material  for  the- 
ater in  the  Class- 
ical age,  is  regard- 
ed as  quite  the 
finest  for  the  mod- 
ern theater.  To- 
day, however, 
highly  improved 
means  of  quarry- 
ing, working  and 
distributing  this  Marble  is  distinctive. 

choice  material 

have  made  it  procurable  at  prices  that  are  astonish- 
ingly reasonable. 


M.arble  imparts  dignity 

Marble  in  the  lobby  of  a modern  theater  is  almost 
a sine  qua  non;  it  adds  a tone  of  dignity  in  keeping 
strictly  with  the  tradition  of  the  drama.  It  is  the 
accepted  material  for  floors  and  wall  linings; 
and  other  decorations  on  the  walls,  if  not  de- 
sired, are  absolutely  unnecessary.  Beautifully 
grained  marble  is  in  itself  the  most  pleasing 
interior  that  could  be  imagined. 

An  installation  of  marble  will  last  a lifetime.  It 

[8] 


7)  S'  > I MARBLE  IN  SEMI-PUBLIC  BUILDINGS 

is  easily  cleaned,  i^erm-proof  and  impervious  to 
moisture.  The  initial  cost  is  low  enough  to  make 
it  the  most  satisfactory  material  on  the  market 
today  for  manifold  uses  within  the  theater.  This 
being  an  age  when  motion  picture  houses  take  on 
the  luxurious  appointments  of  a monarch’s  palace, 
the  uses  of  marble,  most  aristocratic  of  all  stones, 
are  legion. 

Readily  procurable 

Marble  may  be  procured  in  such  a wide  range  of 
colors  that,  no  matter  whether  the  interior  is 
developed  in  a very  simple  style  or  planned  in  the 
most  ornate  manner,  there  is  a dehnite  marble 
treatment  that  ex- 
actly suits  the 
scheme.  The  pol- 
ished surfaces  of 
the  stone  are  trans- 
lucent, diffusing  all 
the  available  light 
without  unpleas- 
ant glare — an  ad- 
mirable supple- 
mentary feature  of 
the  concealed  il- 
lumination of  mod- 
ern theaters. 


Marble  is  pleasing. 


[9] 


MARBLE  IN  SEMI-PUBLIC  BUILDINGS 


MARBLE  IN  SCHOOLS,  COLLEGES 
AND  DORMITORIES 

The  little  red  schoolhouse,  where  tradition  has  it 
that  the  three  R’s  were  taught  so  thoroughly, 
now  exists  largely  in  song  and  story. 

Spartan  methods  abolished 

And  it  is  true  that  a few  exceptional  scholars 
developed  from  the  Spartan  pedagogy  of  sixty 
years  ago,  spelling  every  word  known  to  the 
English  language.  No  one  argues  that  widened 
curricula  and  increased  facilities  for  work  and  for 


Marble  stairs  are  safe. 


play  are  going  to  cripple  the  production  of  such 
prodigies. 

Certainly,  you  hear  little  in  this  day  and  age 
about  students  wanting  to  stay  home  from  school 
or  refusing  to  go  to  college.  The  reason  is  that 
school  is  now  such  a delightful  place  to  be,  with 
all  its  opportunities  to  learn  to  do  things  just  as 
they  are  done  in  life — with  all  its  recreational 
equipment — that  it  is  actually  a hardship  to  stay 
away. 

Requisites  of  construction 

Architecturally,  education  is  just  as  truly  a science 


[II] 


MARBLE  IN  SEMI-PUBLIC  BUILDINGS 


Marble  is  easy  to  keep  clean. 


as  it  has  become  in  classroom  instruction.  The 
school  building  of  today  must  be  constructed 
according  to  certain  specifications  as  found  prac- 
ticable by  great  engineers.  There  must  be  the 
proper  ventilation,  the  correct  temperature  and 
humidity,  the  right  amount  of  light,  a certain 
seating  arrangement — and  so  on.  None  of  the 
old,  haphazard  building  methods,  where  econ- 
omy was  the  only  consideration,  exist  today. 

This  does  not  mean  that  the  builder  of  schools 
ignores  the  economy  angle.  No,  for  figures  along 
this  line  also  have  been  worked  out  by  experts. 
The  contractor  today  exercises  the  utmost  care  in 
the  selection  of  materials.  He  is  spending  the 

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Floors  of  marble  are  beautiful — and  durable. 


public  money,  and  is  held  strictly  to  account  for 
every  penny. 

Sanitary  and  economical 

For  this  reason  in  modern  schools  there  is  a 
steadily  growing  tendency  toward  the  use  of  mar- 
ble. Certainly  it  is  one  of  the  most  sanitary  of 
materials — one  that  insures  a clean-lookingschool 
building  under  the  most  trying  weather  con- 
ditions. When  its  cost  and  the  cost  of  mainte- 
nance are  considered  together,  marble  is  the  most 
economical  of  all  available  finishing  materials. 

It  takes  every  character  of  polish  from  a dull 
gloss  to  a brilliant  luster  and  with  only  reason- 

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marble  in  semi-public  buildings 

able  care  it  will  retain  this  finish  for  all  time. 
Marble  also  resists  stains  and  discolorations. 

Stains  easily  removed 

Whenever  the  atavistic  tendency  to  use  a jack- 
knife becomes  dominant  in  the  schoolboy,  he 
finds  that  the  jack  knife,  not  the  marble,  suffers 
as  a result,  and  vandalism  is  soon  discouraged. 
The  more  common  wall  smears  from  the  soiled 
hands  of  pupils  as  they  pass  through  the  corridors 
or  traverse  the  stairs,  are  inconsequential  when 
marble  wainscot  is  used.  They  are  readily  re- 
moved with  a damp  cloth. 

The  uncommon  amount  of  wear  brought  about 
by  thousands  of  energetic  young  feet  is  always  a 
source  of  amazement;  but  floors  of  properly  se- 
lected monotone  marble  resist  wear  like  iron. 
Because  of  their  neutral  tone  they  do  not  readily 
show  the  mud  and  dirt  accumulations  during 
inclement  weather. 

The  ideal  material 

For  school  lavatories,  shower  baths,  and  swim- 
ming pools,  marble  is  the  ideal  material.  It  is 
sanitary,  germ-proof  and  non-absorbent.  In  toilet 
stalls  it  is  structurally  self-supporting,  even  in 
thin  slabs;  and  it  has  a durability  that  insures  a 


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lifetime  of  service.  It  is  absolutely  non-odorous, 
and  it  will  not  peel  or  lose  its  color  with  age. 

These  same  manifold  qualities  recommend  marble 
for  use  in  dormitories.  There  an  imposing,  but 
at  the  same  time  warmly  hospitable,  atmosphere 
must  be  maintained.  The  colorful  tints  of  certain 
marbles  in  variegated  shades  are  admirably  suited 
for  this  purpose. 


[15] 


Marble  is  ideal  for  lavatories  and  showers. 


marble  in  semi-public  buildings 


Marble  is  symbolic  of  divine  mysteries. 


THE  RELIGIOUS  STRUCTURE 
DEMANDS  MARBLE 

True  principles  of  application 

“Marble  belongs  to  churches.  It  is  the  use  of 
marble  in  churches  throughout  the  centuries 
that  establishes  the  controlling  principles  of  its 
correct  application,  and  it  is  the  architectural 
unity,  structural  honesty,  and  artistic  fitness  of 
these  monumental  buildings  that  are  our  best  cor- 
rective when  vagaries  of  fancy  or  meaningless 
elaborations  of  ornament  turn  to  a trivial  or  base 
use  of  this  classic  material. 

“Buildings  erected  to  the  glory  of  God  have 


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called  forth  the  highest  forms  of  architectural 
art,  painting  and  sculpture.  They  stand  for  the 
creeds  men  live  by  and  the  symbols  they  employ, 
express  all  the  sacrihce,  all  the  service,  all  the 
poetry,  all  the  pain  of  the  universe  and  the  soul 
history  of  the  artists  who  have  wrought  these 
spiritual  values.  It  is  this  oneness  of  sign  and 
sentiment  and  not  the  deliberately  preconceived 
effect  of  coldly  calculating  plan  that  explains  why 
a panorama  of  church  interiors  display  the  most 
glorious  settings  the  world  has  to  offer  of  marble, 
the  greatest  material  in  the  world.” 


Marble  inspires  devotion. 


[17] 


' I MARbLE  IN  SEMI-PUBLIC  BUILDINGS 

A noted  church  architect 

These  are  the  words  of  a noted  church  architect 
of  Chicago,  Henry  J.  Schlacks.  He  has  lived  with 
his  subject  and,  with  delicate  perception,  has 
realized  its  finest  nuances. 

Because  the  gauge  of  all  worthy  ecclesiastical 
architecture  is  that  its  interior  decoration  must 
have  meaning — that  it  must  carry  a message  that 
is  coherent,  forcible,  worthy;  and  because  no 
other  material  found  upon  the  surface,  or  beneath 
the  surface,  of  the  earth  is  so  rich  in  expressing 
the  glory  of  the  All-Highest  and  the  sublimity  of 
His  power,  marble  has  been  the  overwhelming 
choice  for  religious 
structures  since  the 
days  of  King  Solomon 
and  his  temple. 

No  hard  and  fast  rules 

“There  is  no  formu- 
la” (and  again  we 
quote  Mr.  Schlacks) 

“for  the  use  of  marble- 
in  churches.  There  is 
no  rule  for  the  acquisi- 
tion of  taste  and  good  Such  colors  cannot  fade. 


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judgment,  but  one  cannot  go  wrong  who  realizes 
that  a permanent  building  material  of  great  beauty 
imposes  a sense  of  sound  construction,  good  de- 
sign, simplicity,  and  honesty  and  all  the  virtues  of 
general  appropriateness.” 

There  is  nothing  make-believe — nothing  transient 
-about  marble.  Its  inherent  beauties  are  never 
garish;  its  translucent  surfaces  are  never  harsh  or 
bizarre.  It  blends  softly  with  the  spirit  of  devo- 
tion; it  is  symbolic  of  divine  mysteries  and 
melodies. 

Qualities  of  marble 

Marble  has,  too,  certain  qualities  that  make  it, 
for  ecclesiastical  construction,  the  most  practical 
and  the  most  economic  of  interior  finishes. 

As  a flooring  it  is  non-slip,  quiet  and  long-wear- 
ing. 

For  wall  wainscot,  altar  rail,  pulpit  and  teredos 
it  has  a beauty  of  texture  and  surface  that  is 
unsurpassed. 

Marble  diffuses  all  available  light,  eliminating  all 
annoying  glare. 

It  has  excellent  acoustical  properties. 

Finally,  its  cost  is  moderate;  its  maintenance  is 
practically  nothing  and  it  is  easily  kept  clean. 


[19] 


MARBLE  IN  SEMI-PUBLIC  BUILDINGS 

APARTMENT  DWELLERS  APPRECIATE 
CULTURAL  SURROUNDINGS 

Apartment  dwellers  are  critical 

When  John  Howard  Payne  wrote  his  immortal 
lyric,  he  did  not  intend  his  touching  sentiment, 
“Be  it  ever  so  humble,”  to  apply  to  the  modern 
metropolitan  apartment  house.  The  average 
apartment  seeker  is  much  more  critical  than  he 
would  be  if  he  were  thinking  of  building — or 
even  renting — a home. 

He  invariably  gives  careful  consideration  to  the 
external  appearance  of  the  building,  its  approaches, 
and  the  general  character  of  its  entrance  lobby, 
corridors  and  elevators.  Uppermost  in  his  mind 


Marble  saves  decorative  expense. 


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MARBLE  IN  SEMI-PUBLIC  BUILDINGS 


Marble  has  a universal  appeal. 


is  the  question,  “What  impression  will  this  make 
upon  my  friends?” 

The  apartment  house  builder  and  his  architect, 
with  this  fact  in  mind,  are  convinced  that  money 
spent  on  materials  that  give  to  the  court,  lobby 
and  halls  an  air  of  exclusiveness  and  refinement, 
is  a most  profitable  investment. 

Choke  of  materials 

The  question,  then,  resolves  itself  simply  into  the 
choice  of  proper  materials  that  will  lend  them- 
selves most  readily  to  rich  decorative  effects  ol 
intrinsic  elegance.  From  a practical  standpoint — 
and  after  all  an  apartment  house  is  a utilitarian 


[ii] 


in  semi-public  buildings 


Marble  is  exceedingly  adaptable. 


institution  which  must  be  made  to  show  a reason- 
able return  for  its  cost  of  construction  and  mainte- 
nance— the  material  best  suited  for  such  purposes 
must  be  moderately  priced  and  readily  procurable. 
It  must  be  strong,  durable  and  practical;  adapt- 
able to  any  architectural  style  or  decorative 
scheme;  and  yet  be  uniquely  distinctive.  Having 
these,  it  would  seem  almost  too  much  to  expect 
it  to  have  any  further  qualities;  yet  there  is  a 
material  which  possesses  all  of  these  virtues  and 
more!  That  is  marble,  the  choice  of  the  ancients 
— prized  by  the  Greeks  above  all  other  stones  for 
their  sculpture  and  architecture.  For  centuries  it 
has  been  identified  with  the  finest  of  buildings, 
yet  today  it  is  obtainable  at  surprisingly  low 


[2-2.] 


MARBLE 


IN  SEMI-PUBLIC  BUILDINGS 


Marble  is  always  in  good  taste. 


prices — commending  it  to  the  consideration  of  the 
builder  even  in  cases  where  the  most  stringent 
economy  is  incumbent. 

Cheapest  interior  finish 

And  when  its  other  qualities  are  weighed — its 
durability,  versatility,  strength,  resistance  to  fire, 
ease  of  cleaning,  translucence,  and  wide  range  of 
color — it  is  conceded  to  be  the  cheapest  adequate 
material  for  interior  finish.  A marble-lined  lobby 
needs  no  supplementary  decoration  to  enhance  its 
beauty — and  this  fact  is  in  itself  a great  saving. 
Marble  takes  any  character  of  polish,  from  a dull 
gloss  to  a brilliant  lustre,  and  retains  both  its 
sheen  and  its  color  under  hard  wear. 


[2-3] 


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M.arhle  needs  little  attention 

Marble  is  a permanent  option  on  beauty;  it  im- 
parts an  air  of  dignity  to  the  establishment,  and  is 
always  in  good  taste.  The  cost  of  maintenance  is 
negligible  and  only  the  simplest,  most  ordinary 
attention  need  be  given  to  keep  the  walls,  cor- 
ridors, lobby,  and  entry  way  in  the  glistening 
“pink  of  perfection.” 

In  this  era  of  apartment  house  homes — when  the 
families  of  greatest  culture  and  means  are  giving 
up  their  magnificent  ancestral  abodes — it  behooves 
the  apartment  house  builder  to  put  into  his  edifice 
those  materials  which  will  be  on  a par  with  the 
quality  of  the  old  private  residences. 

Marble  in  the  lobby  is  one  of  the  best  rental 
agents  that  can  be  employed,  imparting  a prestige 
to  the  establishment  and  helping  to  fill  it  with 
highly  desirable  tenants. 


Marble  gives  prestige  to  the  lobby. 


.V'l  "marble  in  semi-public  buildings 


A pleasing  first  impression. 


MARBLE  IN  HOTELS 

The  traveling  public  of  today  is  a highly  critical 
one.  While  it  may  put  up  with  certain  incon- 
veniences at  home,  it  will  accept  no  compromise 
in  the  hotels  at  which  it  stops  when  away  from 
home. 

V cil lie  of  first  impressions 

And  first  impressions  can  make  or  break  a hotel 
quicker  perhaps  than  any  other  one  feature.  Your 
modern  hotel  man  is  well  aware  that  the  visitor 


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senses  immediately  upon  his  entrance  into  the 
lobby  the  character  and  distinction  of  the  estab- 
lishment. 

A marble-lined  lobby  and  a marble  floor  are  abso- 
lute guarantees  of  a happy  psychological  effect 
upon  the  prospective  guest;  and  the  cost  of  this 
preferred  material  is  surprisingly  moderate.  In 
fact,  when  the  maintenance  cost  over  even  a mod- 
erate number  of  years  is  taken  into  consideration, 
it  is  actually  the  most  economical  of  all  interior 
finishes;  for  marble  is  adaptable  to  any  architec- 
tural style  or  decorative  plan,  as  well  as  being  in 
itself  a decorative  medium  second  to  none,  with- 


Individuality  is  possible  with  marble. 


out  any  other  supplementary  embellishment. 

Takes  high  polish 

Marble  takes  any  character  of  polish,  from  a dull 
gloss  to  a brilliant  luster,  retaining  both  its  pol- 
ish and  its  color  under  the  most  trying  conditions. 
Its  beauty  is  imperishable  and  its  use  always  in 
the  best  of  taste.  As  a floor  material  marble  is 
non-abrasive  and  has  definite  non-slip  qualities; 
for  wainscot  or  counters  it  has  a charm  of  texture 
and  surface  that  is  unsurpassed.  It  diffuses  all 
available  light,  creating  cheerful  non-glare  il- 
lumination that  is  most  grateful  to  the  eye. 


The  beauty  of  a marble  wainscot. 


MARBLE  IN  SEMI-PUBLIC  BUILDINGS 


Such  a lobby  is  dignified. 


Marble  is  readily  procurable  in  any  quantity  and 
in  reasonably  sized  slabs.  It  is  easily  worked  and 
kept  clean  with  a minimum  of  effort.  Washing  is  I 
all  that  is  required.  Its  hard  surface  keeps  it  from 
becoming  scratched  or  stained  by  the  carelessness 
of  vandal  patrons. 

Adds  to  individuality 

Whether  or  not  marble  construction  is  desired  1 
throughout  the  lobby,  the  individuality  of  the 
hotel  will  be  wonderfully  enhanced  by  a bub- 
bling fountain,  a graceful  urn,  a skillful  piece  of  1 
sculpture,  a mantelpiece  over  the  fireplace  or  a I 
frieze  along  the  wall.  j 

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The  entering  guest  is  impressed,  intangibly  but 
powerfully,  just  as  he  would  be  by  an  impelling 
handshake  or  an  infectious  smile  upon  a first 
introduction. 

The  memory  lingers  pleasantly  long  afterward. 

For  the  impressive  lobby,  the  threshold  to  success 
in  hotel  management — choose  marble. 


[^9] 


A marble  fountain  enhances  the  beauty. 


MARBLE  IN  FRATERNAL 
BUILDINGS 

Influenced  by  tradition 

Fraternal  organizations,  dating  back,  as  many  of 
them  do,  for  centuries,  naturally  wish  to  impart 
to  their  buildings  an  air  of  dignity  in  keeping 
with  their  glorious  traditions.  They  strive  to 
construct  today  what  will  be  worthy  monuments 
to  their  organizations  loo  years  hence.  Fraternal 
groups  are  the  creations  of  man’s  better  nature; 
and  they  deserve  buildings  of  noble  proportions 
and  rich  appointments. 


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'TV'.vC  marble  in  SEMI-PUBLIC  B U 1 L D 1 N GS^ 

Marble  is  the  logical  building  material  for  the 
purpose,  belonging  as  it  does  to  the  ages — ante- 
dating even  the  Temple  of  Solomon  as  the  pre- 
ferred structural  medium  of  antiquity.  Since  our 
present-day  secret  brotherhoods  dehne  their  pre- 
cepts in  ancient  characters,  marble — the  favorite 
medium  of  the  ancients — is  the  appropriatechoice. 

Mitrhle  is  alive,  vivid 

While  dignified,  it  is  not  austere;  it  is  warm  and 
hospitable,  inviting  to  a remarkable  degree.  It 
is  alive,  pulsating,  colorful;  and  yet  its  classic 
simplicity  will  always  commend  it  above  other 
materials  for  fraternal  buildings.  For  the  lobby 
and  the  lounge,  as  well  as  the  ballroom,  library, 
swimming  pool,  locker  rooms  and  showers,  mar- 
ble has  certain  inherent  qualities  that  make  it 
superior  as  an  interior  finish;  and  it  is  easily  pro- 
curable in  variegated  colors  to  suit  any  interior 
decorations — or  it  is  adequate  as  it  stands,  with- 
out further  embellishment. 

Long  wear;  germ-proof 

A marble  floor  will  outlast  the  building.  The 
constant  shuffle  of  shoes  has  little  effect  upon  mar- 
ble, for  its  polished  surface  is  extremely  hard  and 
impervious  to  ordinary  abrasions.  The  careless 
scratching  of  a match  will  leave  no  tell-tale  mark. 

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Marble  walls  and  floors  are  practically  germ- 
proof,  and  are  so  easily  kept  clean,  with  a moder- 
ate application  of  pure  soap  and  warm  water,  that 
they  are  the  joy  of  the  management  in  any  semi- 
public building. 

In  the  lounge  of  any  fraternal  building  a fireplace 
is  a welcome  adjunct.  Marble  fireplaces  create 
an  air  of  comfort  and  hospitality,  at  the  same 
time  adding  greatly  to  the  dignity  of  the  interior. 
To  the  directors,  management  or  personnel  of  a 
fraternal  building,  the  bane  of  whose  existence 


Marble  is  alive,  pulsating. 


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Marble  requires  no  embellishment. 


has  been  in  the  past  the  necessary  spring  and  fall 
cleaning  of  heavy  rugs  and  tapestries  in  lobby  or 
lounge  room,  the  employment  of  marble  is  a most 
welcome  economy  and  a labor  saver. 

Low  cost  of  upkeep 

Marble  costs  no  more  than  other  less  satisfactory 
materials;  in  fact,  when  the  practically  negligible 
maintenance  cost  is  taken  into  consideration,  it  is 
in  the  long  run  much  cheaper.  No  more  econom- 
ical step  can  be  taken,  before  planning  a new 
fraternal  building,  than  to  consult  a reliable 
architect  as  to  the  advisability  of  using  a generous 
amount  of  marble  in  the  construction. 


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On  the  fol- 
lowing pages  are 
depicted  several 
additional  views 
of  representative 
marble  installa- 
tions. 


Uhere  is  No  Suhstiluie  forMarhle) 


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Marble  Stairway,  Gumbiner’s  Tower  Theater,  Los  Angeles. 


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The  outer  lobby  of  the  Roxy  Theater,  New  York. 


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MARBLE  IN  SEMI-PUHLIC  BUILDINGS 


In  the  foyer  of  the  Roxy  Theater,  New  York. 


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Lobby  of  the  Majestic  Theater,  Dallas. 


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MARBLE 


IN  SEMI-PUBLIC  BUILDINGS 


Corner  of  Michigan  State  Theater,  Detroit. 


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MARBLE  IN  SEMI-PUBLIC  BUILDINGS 


In  the  lobby  of  the  Paramount  Theater,  New  York. 


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MARBLE  IN  SEMI-PUBLIC  BUILDINGS 


Corner  of  grand  hall,  Keith  Theater,  Cleveland. 


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MARBLE  IN  SEMI-PUBLIC  BUILDINGS 


Stairway  in  the  Rialto  Theater,  Omaha. 


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Grand  stairway,  Gumbiner’s  Tower  Theater,  Los  Angeles. 


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Elevator  hail,  Marygrove  College,  Detroit. 


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MARBLE  IN  SEMI-PUBLIC  BUILDINGS 


Entrance  foyer,  University  of  Minnesota  Library. 


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MARBLE  IN  SEMI-PUBLIC  BUILDINGS 


Literary  Building,  University  of  Minnesota. 


[46] 


marble  in  semi -PUBLIC  BUILDINGS 


Basement,  Libbey  High  School,  Toledo,  Ohio. 


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IN  SEMI-PUBLIC  BUILDINGS 


Stairway  and  corridor,  West  Philadelphia  High  School. 


[48] 


MARBLE  IN  SEMIPUBLIC  BUILDINGS 


In  the  Cathedral  of  St.  John  the  Divine,  New  York. 


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In  the  Holy  Redeemer  Campanile,  Detroit. 


I MARBLE  IN  SEMI-PUBLIC  BUILDINGS 


Altar  in  St.  Aloysius  Church,  Detroit. 


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An  unusually  rich  pulpit  treatment. 


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MARBLE  IN  SEMI-PUBLIC  BUILDINGS 


At  the  left  of  the  altar,  St.  Aloysius  Church,  Detroit. 


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MARBLE  IN  SEMI-PUBLIC  BUILDINGS 


Elevator  lobby,  Aquilla  Court  Apartments,  Omaha. 


[54] 


Dolphin  fountain  in  the  Palm  Court,  Mayflower  Hotel,  Washington,  D.C. 


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marble  in  semi-public  buildings 


Detail  of  lobby  wall,  Book-Cadillac  Hotel,  Detroit. 


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Lobby  of  the  Hotel  Radisson,  Minneapolis. 


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Registration  desk  in  the  former  Hotel  Caswell,  Baltimore. 


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Portion  of  Palm  Room,  Hotel  Statler,  Huffalo. 


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Figure  fountain  in  the  Mayflower  Hotel,  W'ashington,  D.C. 


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A niche  in  the  Elks  Memorial  Building,  Chicago. 


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Outer  lobby,  Masonic  Temple,  Indianapolis. 


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Main  lobby,  Masonic  Temple,  Indianapolis 


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